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12-08-2012, 11:22 PM
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Good Books/Resources to Learn Uke
I have a Kala uke and wondered if anyone has suggestions of good books to learn the instrument.
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12-09-2012, 01:53 AM
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Honestly, skip the books initially and head to ukuleleunderground.com and learn via their videos and tutorials. IMHO a lot of how to play is missed when you try to learn from a book. As you learm to play, the books will become a good supplement.
Also, they have a lot of tabs available om the forum as well. Joe
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#3
12-09-2012, 09:09 AM
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The only exposure I have had to ukes was Tiny Tim on TV back in the 60s and the stereotypical Hawaiian strumming one sees occasionally at either Hawaiian-oriented events or TV shows and travelogues. But then, I was in Willie's Vintage Guitars in St. Paul one day and one of the people who works there was playing fingerstyle chord melody on a uke. I was absolutely amazed. For the first time, I became interested in the possibilities of the uke because what this guy was doing was as good as what I have heard on guitar. I don't know where one would go to learn to play like that. Obviously, the ukeunderground site has the theory videos, but this was something else altogether.
Tony
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12-10-2012, 07:45 PM
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However, don't discount traditional Hawaiian music. The strums are much more complex than than you think. Then again, if you aren't from here, you probably wouldn't know as far as traditional Hawaiian music is concerned. 
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#6
12-11-2012, 12:40 AM
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If you play finger style guitar it is an easy transition to fingerstyle Uke. What makes it such an easy transition is the fact that as long as you're making the correct chord shape every string will work- you can't hit a bad note. I find the Uke to be a very sweet and melodic instrument especially in Low G tuning. Beatles songs seem to be made for Uke and jamming to blues are a blast. It's a great alternative when you want to take a break from playing guitar but don't want to stop making music. I have found the uke to be an extremely versatile instrument- do yourself a favor and do some research on quality instruments- Collings and Kinnards are worth the money....there are many others to choose from. Kevdog
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12-11-2012, 12:45 AM
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This guy's website has over a thousand songs by many different artists. Each has diagrams of the chords used in the song for reference and the arrangements are really quite good. You can use the basic chord progressions and pick out the melody as you learn the songs....the notes are all within the chords. Uke is a blast. Kevdog
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12-15-2012, 10:54 AM
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...if you want to accelerate your uke playing i recommend spending as much time as you can learning songs you already know on guitar...use the chord finder on a good uke site to learn the different voiceings and play with melodic lines...soon you'll have a good idea of what works and a solid foundation to work from....as always...put in the hours and the the rewards will come....
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01-06-2013, 02:38 AM
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When I got into guitar I bought so many books - I figured I'd take a different approach with the ukulele and try and learn by watching youtube videos and figuring things out by ear instead of burying myself under books. The Ukulele Underground videos and tabs are also fun.
Once you think of the ukulele as a guitar that has a capo at 5, you can start figuring a lot of things. And it's really fun to do chord melody on it - there's only 4 strings, so the possibilities seem a lot more manageable than with the guitar. One day I'd like to play this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnUM...VHkig&index=11
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